With new legislative initiatives to create a civil cause of action for whistleblowers on the horizon, Anna Markiewicz of Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP reviews the OSC Whistleblower Program, the first such program by a Canadian securities regulator to offer financial incentives for potential information to tipsters.

The Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investment is seeking to expand its powers to make its recommendations binding on investment firms. Clarke Tedesco and Alexandra Grishanova of Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP discuss the potential repercussions of such power expansion.